Nalo Hopkinson

The novel Sister Mine by Nalo Hopkinson and the Disney film Frozen are both stories about sisters and their journeys where they learn to accept their differences. They share many similarities, with one sister who has powers, and another who does not, and their stories are about conflicts involving their powers; however, there are differences. In Sister Mine, the sister without powers, Makeda, is the odd one out, while in Frozen, the sister with powers, Elsa, is the outsider. The journey of self-discovery

By taking this course “women write the world”, I have more a few reflections to offer in terms of the meaning of writing the world from the points of view of women, the three out of five influential and powerful novels introduced through the course and also my favorite book and character. First of all, to write the world where we, as human beings, are the central power or creating the whole new world using our imagination, feelings, and thoughts is actually a method to truthfully demonstrate the

their self-identities of seeking strength. The violent systematic oppression and patriarchal society that one may face, is challenged through gaining empathy, strength, and purpose. In the critically acclaimed novel, ''Brown Girl In The Ring'', Nalo Hopkinson conveys the economic collapse of Toronto's inner city that is stricken with poverty and ruled by, Rudy Sheldon, who`s commissioned to find a heart and preys on the helpless within the dystopia community. Forced in the oppressive city, a young

the trait in detail: Voice is an original, unique way of putting words together and a distinctive way of looking at the world. This makes an author and their work(s) stand out. 2. Give examples of the trait: An author with a distinct voice is Nalo Hopkinson (she was written about in the novel). In her 2000 novel Midnight Robber the opening paragraph uses a distinct voice because it is original and unlike the work of any other author I have read. In our daily lives, we never really hear anyone talk

The Chaos by Nalo Hopkinson is about boy crazy sixteen year old Sojourner, known as Scotch to her friends becuase of her "hot" dancing, living in Toronto, Canada. She had to switch school a couple times due to bullying and people calling her a "slut", but now her life seemed to be going quite well . Her mother, who is a psycologist, is black, and her strict father is white, which always bothered Scotch because she never felt like she was black nor white. However her brother, who is a rapper, always

The Big Bad Wolf Has Come to Collect: An Analysis of Riding in the Red Nalo Hopkinson’s short story “Riding the Red” is a reinterpretation of the famous childhood folk tale "Little Red Riding Hood". With the use of literary devices, Hopkinson was able to write a story with two different messages. Reading the words on the page Hopkinson writes about a grandmother telling the story of big bad wolf. On the other hand, reading between the lines a whole new story emerges from the pages talking about

The short story, “Greedy Choke Puppy” by Nalo Hopkinson, is about the story of Grandmother and her granddaughter who are the soucouyant. The soucouyant is the monster of the myth of Caribbean who is night witch and blood sucker. In the “Greedy Choke Puppy”, author uses the literary elements of irony, foreshadowing, and allusion to support the development of the theme of greed because these elements help to explain that soucouyants’ greed makes soucouyants to throw their morality away. The author

Cycles of Violence in Brown Girl in the Ring Despite the post-apocalyptic, Afro-futuristic, and folklore-inspired magical contents of her novel Brown Girl in the Ring, Nalo Hopkinson brings to light cycles of violence which are anything but magical, and which continue to persist into modern-day realities. These intersections of violence are often performed at the hands of institutions which seek to disenfranchise minority bodies for their own benefit, but they also take the form of interpersonal

give it a monetary value, the poor aestheticize it for means of control. Sex in public and rape are almost common place occurrences, and Cynthia claims that if one of the men tried to come on to her, that “the police would say [she] asked for it” (Hopkinson, 60). Much like in the Steubenville case, the victim of the rape would be blamed by the police for the fault of the rape. The only form of control that the lower-class have over their bodies is to objectify them. They cannot feed themselves properly

not exist, and Jael, an animalistic warrior at war with the males other planet. The four meet and the realities turned on their heads. It is innovative, thought-provoking novel featuring four incredible female characters. Midnight Robber written by Nalo Hopkinson’s also comes in the list of feminist science fiction. It is a dark and powerful coming of-age story which deals with issues of sexual abusive, incest, and abortion. Hopkinson’s novel is deeply personal that intricately weaves a futuristic